Deputy Russian Defense Minister in Armenia for high-level meetingsAugust 3, 2018 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia, Colonel General Alexander Fomin met with Armenia’s Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan and Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan after he arrived in the country on Thursday, August 2. At a meeting with Tonoyan, the two attached great importance to the deepening of political and military alliance between the two countries. Current challenges and priorities of military-political cooperation were high on the agenda, with the defense officials also weighing in on issues concerning the activity of the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia. Tonoyan briefed the Russian Deputy minister about the current situation on the border with Azerbaijan and the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and Azerbaijan. As part of his visit to Yerevan, Fomin has also met Mnatsakanyan to discuss a range of issues. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |